Stars, Comets, Meteors,... Test

^{Objects made of ice, gas and dust and orbit our sun are called:}

• Asteroids
• Comets
• moon
• Meteors

These objects that orbit the sun are nicknamed, "dirty snowballs."

• Comets
• Asteroids
• Meteors
• Meteroids

When a meteoroid STRIKES the surface of the earth scientists refer to them as:

• Asteroids
• Comets
• Meteors
• Meteorites 

A shooting star is actually a...

• Comet
• Meteoroid
• Meteorite
• Meteor

A ball of gas in space that produces its own light and heat.

• planet
• meteorite
• star
• asteroid belt

Broken pieces of asteroids and comets that range in size from small dust to10m  are moving around in our solar system. These are called

• meteorites
• meteors
• meteoroids
• junk

Check all the following statements that are TRUE

• Asteroids are made of rock and metal

• Comets are made of ice, rock, and dust

• Comets can be found in the Oort Cloud

• All the above

Asteroids are irregularly shaped due to less mass and gravitational force

• TRUE

• FALSE

Comets make there way around the sun in an elliptical orbit.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Where are most of the asteroids in the solar system located?

• Asteroid Belt

• Orion's Belt

• Gemini Area